CBS 07620

Translation — curated editorial

Editorial

Experimental

Editorial entry — translation cited from: CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262621.

Transliteration

5(disz) sila3 ansze edin-na
1(barig) 3(ban2) gu4 niga
1(ban2) 5(disz) sila3 ab2 hu-nu
1(ban2) udu [niga]
8(disz) sila3 szah2 niga#
1(barig) megidax(TUN)
4(disz) sila3# dara3-masz
3(barig) 1(ban2) 2(disz)# sila3
iti ki 8(disz)# sig4-a u4 1(u) 3(disz)-kam
mu-us2-sa-i3-si#-in in-dab5-ba

Scholarly note

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — CBS 07620. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Attribution

Image: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (P262621) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. source
Translation excerpted from CDLI raw catalogue, no published translation. P-number P262621..

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